(19)
(11) EP 2 634 644 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.11.2017 Bulletin 2017/45

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.09.2013 Bulletin 2013/36

(21) Application number: 13157156.4

(22) Date of filing: 28.02.2013
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G03G 15/36(2006.01)
 G03G 15/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 28.02.2012 JP 2012042070

(71) Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Endoh, Tsuyoshi
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Takeda, Hiroshi
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Tsuruoka, Hiroki
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Koike, Kazuo
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Yamada, Kenichi
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Kohara, Tasuku
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Omi, Taisuke
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Kawamura, Masaaki
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt Partnerschaft mbB Joseph-Wild-Straße 20
81829 München
81829 München (DE)

   


(54) Image forming device and method


(57) An image forming device (10) includes a device body including a reader (3) to read a document and a printer (5) to print the read document, an operation panel (21) detachable from the device body, including an imaging element (216, 21c) to capture an image of a subject and a display unit (21a), a communication element (113, 213, 114, 214) to communicable connect the device body and the operation panel (21). The device (10) is adapted to synthesize document image data read by the reader (3) and subject image data captured by the imaging element (21b, 21c), display the synthesized image data on the display unit (21a), and print the synthesized image data with the printer (5), while the operation panel (21) is detached from the device body.







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